How the Stock Market Works: A Beginner's Guide to Investment - Softcover

Becket, Michael; Essen, Yvonne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749456892 ISBN 13: 9780749456894

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2009

Synopsis

Some people might see the current recession as the very worst time to invest in the stock market, but many of the world's most successful investors insist that a market downturn is the very moment when people should be investing.

How the Stock Market Works will tell investors what is being traded and how, who does what and to whom, and how to evaluate both the shares and proponents' claims about them.  The authors answer questions such as: What are shares and gilts?  What are futures and options?  Where and how can you buy shares?  How do you pick a share to buy?

With new material on complex derivatives, foreign shares, and Internet trading, this book explains the full inter-relationships between the stock market, banks, brokers, and regulators.

About this title

About the Authors

Michael Becket is a much-respected financial journalist who has been The Daily Telegraph's small business editor for the past 10 years. He is the author of a number of successful books, including The Daily Telegraph's An A to Z of Finance, published by Kogan Page.

Yvette Essen spent seven years at the Daily Telegraph, writing for the business section. During her time there, she was the Stock Market Reporter, Insurance & Pensions Correspondent and Deputy Editor of Questor, the newspaper's share tipping column. Yvette is currently Head of Market Analysis at insurance ratings agency, A. M. Best.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749456892
• ISBN 13: 9780749456894
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 208